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1. Information Web Wars Soon To Embroil Corporations

So at last we find ourselves in a real information war. ‘Information war’ is more useful, because information is both the target and tool of this conflict. Since then, Anonymous has taken down Tunisian Government websites and the web page of the Spanish Senate. More to the point, Anonymous used a DDOS tool that can be downloaded from the internet, with an option to allow it to be remotely controlled. Now you can just download an app and fire away. Some have already compared LOIC to the AK-47 as a cheap, mass-produced, highly-effective weapon of insurrection, and they have a point. A Chinese language version will, one suspects, bring truly epic lulz. But that’s merely the brushfire end of the information war. The big strategic clash is between Wikileaks and, well, the world. Journalists become embedded in the cultures they were supposed to play watchdog over, the interests of commercial media companies became aligned with those of t he other large companies, media companies themselves sought to avoid transparency of their own operations and, most of all, there are agreed no-go areas for media scrutiny – national security, defence and diplomacy were, it is commonly felt, best left to the pros behind closed doors. WikiLeaks draws the outrage it does because it declines to play by the rules of the establishment and thereby establishes a fresh dynamic in information conflicts. The largest companies in the world – including some media companies — have as much as or more to lose than governments in this conflict. The readiness of prominent companies like Visa, MasterCard, Amazon and PayPal to cooperate with US Government attempts to shut down WikiLeaks should be considered in no way exceptional. They are all on the same side in this fight. And this is where the information war will burn hottest.One Click Note: Bernard Keane is to be much congratulated on his recent piece. Succinctly put, this is history in the making, the ultimate information conflict.
Bernard Keane, Crikey

2. Join Anonymous And Make The Ultimate Difference

Online protest group Anonymous has staged some of the most stunning and audacious cyber-attacks yet seen on key corporate Internet infrastructure. Fighting for your freedom online & in real world. Join the war against criminal establishments. Your source of news, views & info on Operations by Anonymous ...https://anonops.ru ... Twitter @Anony_Ops Everywhere and watch the video ....
Information Release, Anonymous Operations / The One Click Group
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* Welcome to AnonOps Network
Information Release, AnonOps

3. So Amazon, Visa, PayPal, MasterCard: Was It Worth Accepting Government Lies?

Mark Hosenball (Reuters) reports that aside from some pockets of short-term damage, the impact of the Wikileaks leak of diplomatic cables has been embarrassing, but not damaging. More important than yet another indication that the Obama Administration has oversold the damage done by Wikileaks is the reason given by Hosenball’s Congressional source as to why they oversold that damage: to bolster legal efforts to shut down Wikileaks’ website. The Administration lied, says a congressional official, to make it easier to shut down Wikileaks. The government was making claims about the damage of the leak to convince service providers to shut down Wikileaks. And companies like Amazon, Visa, and PayPal complied. So, to these companies, now tainted with cooperation in government censorship, was it worth it? Was it worth being branded as a collaborator, knowing you were lied to?
Empty Wheel
Related Links:
* US officials privately say WikiLeaks damage limited
Mark Hosenball, Reuters

4. Pfizer & Others Named In St. Clair County Law Suit Over Dilantin

Residents of St. Clair County, New York and Louisiana joined to file a suit against the makers of drugs used to treat epilepsy, saying it caused them or their deceased relatives to develop a severe and potentially deadly skin disease. Shirley Johnson, Michael Shepherd and Lyndora Thomas Taylor on behalf of the recently deceased John Taylor filed a lawsuit Dec. 28 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Pfizer, Parke Davis and Warner Lambert. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs all developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis (TEN) after ingesting prescription medications containing the substance Dilantin. SJS and TEN are both skin disorders characterized by the discoloration or exfoliation of skin, the shedding of hair and nails, hives or burns to the body, loss of eyesight and/or damage to internal organs. To make matters worse, the defendants knew of the drugs' dangers, but failed to adequately warn their customers of risks.
Kelly Holleran, The Record

5. GlaxoSmithKline's £4 Billion Legal Costs To Date For Defective Avandia Drug

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the U.K.’s biggest drugmaker, said it will have fourth-quarter legal costs of 2.2 billion pounds ($3.5 billion) because of a U.S. investigation into sales practices for certain products and product-liability cases related to the Avandia diabetes drug. The charge brings to 4 billion pounds the amount Glaxo set aside for possible legal costs in 2010. While all companies have costs for litigation, the size of Glaxo’s charges is unusual, said Navid Malik, an analyst with Matrix Corporate Capital LLP in London. The U.S. attorney in Colorado issued a subpoena in 2004 over Glaxo’s “sales and promotional practices relating to nine of its largest selling products,” the company said in its 2009 annual report. Federal prosecutors in Colorado are investigating whether Glaxo promoted the drugs for unapproved uses, the company said. The investigation, which is nationwide in scope, also looks into ways that Glaxo potentially influenced doctors, including company-sponsored medical education programs, speaker events, advisory boards, speaker training programs, clinical studies and “related grants, fees, travel and entertainment.” Glaxo hasn’t disclosed which products are the subject of the investigation. Alex Harrison, a spokeswoman for Glaxo, declined to comment in an e-mail.
Albertina Torsoli, Bloomberg

6. Millions Of Britons At Risk From Taking Statins Drug

Statins cause memory loss and depression
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An authoritative review shows there is little evidence that the cholesterol-lowering drugs protect people who are not already at a high risk of heart disease. A number of studies have linked statins to liver problems, acute kidney failure and muscle damage. A wide-ranging review of previous studies, published today in the journal The Cochrane Library, urges “caution” among GPs who prescribe them. It concludes that there is no “strong evidence” to suggest that statins reduce coronary heart disease deaths among those who have not suffered a heart attack or other cardiovascular event in the past. Shah Ebrahim, a professor of public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who co-wrote the report, called on doctors to stop giving patients the drugs unnecessarily. Previous studies have also indicated statins could increase the chance of liver problems, acute kidney failure and a type of muscle damage in some people, and can increase the chance of haemorrhagic stroke – bleeding on the brain. Last year, analysis of clinical trial data found that taking high doses of a statin called simvastatin, used by millions of Britons, could lead to fatal kidney failure and muscle damage. The authors also accused pharmaceutical companies of cherry-picking studies on statins that showed a positive impact for the sake of profit.
Stephen Adams, Daily Telegraph

7. Revolting UK MPs Set To Grab Pay Rise

Former Labour MP David Chaytor was jailed recently for 18 months for expenses fraud
MPs are set to provoke a new row over the Westminster gravy train by accepting a pay rise worth around £1,000 a year, it has emerged. The rise is bound to provoke widespread fury among voters following pay freezes in the public sector and many private firms amid steep rises in costs of living. Critics of Westminster sleaze insist MPs should get no increase this year. Emma Boon, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “There is no way MPs should be taking a pay rise at a time when they are telling taxpayers they have got to make cuts." Many are in a mutinous mood following a series of complaints about the operation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, the new quango set up to administer the overhauled expenses regime. One Labour backbencher said: “This is an outrage."
Mercer Hall, Daily Express
Related Links:
* Six More UK MP Piggies Reported To Police Over Expenses Swindle
Brendan Carlin, The Mail On Sunday
* Ex-MP David Chaytor Gets 18 Months Jail For Expenses Swindle
Guido Fawkes
* More UK MP Piggies Exploiting Taxpayer In Second Homes Scandal
Jason Groves, Daily Mail
* Our Corrupt British Parliament Is Rotten To The Core
Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph

8. Peter Mandelson's Krafty Deal - Lazards Bank

Guido was the first to report the rumour that Mandy is eyeing up some sort of role with Lazards and according to the FT the investment bank has not denied the speculation. Still one good turn deserves another – Lazards advised Kraft about their controversial buying of Cadbury, something the government didn’t block… Guess who was the Business Secretary at the time… Peter Mandelson.
Guido Fawkes
Related Links:
* 'Lord' Mandelson (Le Petit Twerp) Still Waitng For Gravy Train
Simon Cole, The Spoof

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